The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-08-18

and when they come from ter
ritory which is trying to bluff its way into
the Union, it is a safe rule to make dis
count of from thirty to forty per cent.
A collision occurred yesterday between
two freight trains on the Jersey Central
road, ocCas.oned by the neglect of the tcle-
graph operator, who was asleep at his post.
One of the fircmcn was killed and 'rthe
engineers and brakeman were seriously
injured.
The Birmingham Northwestern Railroad
Company was organized at Birmingham
10y tho election Of II. NJ r. Tacott, Of Mo,
bile, as President, A. TacOn, Of Mobile, as
Secretary and Treasurer, aud Tom ln&c: OF
COrinth, Miss, us general counsellor. The
road is projected to COr;uth and has already
been surveyed.
Fred IIOht was Shot to death at Salt Lake
Thursday, for murder committed several
years ago. He was four times convicted.
Three times the United States Supreme
Court granted him q new trial on technical
grounds, but the fourth time the judgment
Of the lower court was affirmed.
The first Republican campa' i lie in
Ohio is that Mr.. Powell, the l. .mOcratC
nominee for Governor, has been riding on
borrowed railroad pass. When the Re
Dill)IiCiUS eau invent IL DtIiil biiC tlldll
this it is evidence that they are taCliling a
man with mighty white character.
The reports submitted by the Board Of
Examiners for promotion in the War De.
partmcnt show that all the clerks exam
inCd III the PAymaSter Generals office
tWcnty-thrCc in number passed success
fully, aud that bat one clerk ont Of twenty
four examined in the Office Of the Chief OF
Engineers failed to pass Il successful exam
inatiOn.
A serious rupture in the Grand Army is
threatened by the rapid increase in The
membership of the National Veterans AS
SOCiatiOn. The new order was founded il
Iowa by men who arc not willing to b(
represented by such creatures as TUttlr
Lodges have been established all over Iowa
and ihC organization will soon spread tC
other States.
Mayor Sutton, Of WilkcSGNrrc, Penn.
ninrt, en- C0uncilmcn and the Street Com
missioner were arrested on Il complaint OF
citizens for failing to keep The streets in
ordcr and for allowing stagnant water IL
accumulate, from which foul smells arise,
dangerous to the health Of the community
in that part of the city, and hurmful to
property interests
NJ. 4. Dill, Of Somerset, Pa, died tho
othur day from the effects Of ether admin
iStcrrd by the distinguished surgeon, DR..
AgncW The brother of the dead man is
incliNcd to hlHmG the doctor, but he is cX-
OnrrRtcd by the unanimous voice of the
medical profession. Ether is fatal in one
case ont Of 10000 and Dill happened to he
the ten thOusandth nan
The following from Georgia paper. i,
n fish story: A gentleman Of AmcricuS say S
IN1i.t Iirrp - Law. La q, l.,
catfish left the water and invaded In"
woods and fields. They nearly devastated
n iiti'l Of corn for Iuciu5 iIunlSon, Lying
several miles from the river. 1t is said that
the uusc they made in pulling the corn
VIII C,pIal t0 a hundred head uE hungry
cattle.
They have a nitcd States district Judge
in !rhinnarnoliS by the name of Woods,
for whom Ill" S,9'i;ncl does nol cherish The
highest regard. OF him it says: is Judge
WC"dS totally ucmcutcd? Are his pcrccp-
tons 50 bluMtcd that he is unable to discern
the line, vivid as lightning, that dislin-
guiShcs between Judge and .iugglcr, Law
and lcgcrdcmHin?"
Ex-Governor Moses, who knows how it
is himself, has written a | ,l0O-pNma book on
reform in prisons. In il he &lluGcs 30 the
opium habit, to which in former years he
was slave, but which he is NOW free from
and relates his own prison experiences il
order, as he says, "that ] might add my in
diVlual efforts to those - hch others al,
making toward explaining the bjcct O
prison reform.
Beer drinking, according to Internal rev
emu" figures, is growing in popular favor
at the expense OF Wbiskcy. The taxes on
distilled spirits for the last fiscal year SHOW
Il failing oil OF nearly $1,000, eco, whi!t
those on malt liquors have increased great
ly. Receipts from tobacco continue to IL
crease and not a little OF the iuury; St, is dut
to CiT8lcttcs, The total Internal rcvcm!,
RECEIPTS will show Il r,Iling Off of about
50 OUO, 900
Married women at Caufman, Tex, arc
said 10 frequently take in the siwhts in
male attire. y young girl at Dallas was
sent home by The polio while maspucrad
ing in male attire. y Waco ~irl was pho
t"%raphcd in her brothers spring suit rol
fun, and the picture has raised Il pretty
scandal. Marion Bi&gs, a CuSs county
farm boy, has turned out to be Il farm yiri
She wore trousers foE Il year before dscov
cred.
Innumcrablc fires arc raging in the pra'
RIGS and woods of the drouth-strickcn sec
tion& Of Northern Illinois, Wisconsin AND
+'ilNI'iS'I' Nv lpSS ti iIlC HIS Dttll lb.
ported, nor very heavy loss of property il
any particular locality, but the aggregate
losses are immense. and the gravity Of the
situation lies in the condition OF the coun
try. In several instances inhabitants OF
towns and villages have been Obliged tr
fight the flames in the woods upon tht
very limits of their settlements.
The statement prepared at the interior
Department, Washington, shows that from
January l6, 1886, TO July, 1886, there were
800 civil service appointments made in that
department, exclusive Of % transfers and
one reinstatement. OF this numbcr2i wcrC
from Pennsylvania, 23 from New York, 2t
from Illinois, 10 from Indiana, II from,
Ohio, | from Tennessee, 10 from MARYLAND
and 10 from the District Of Columbia; :
each from Massachusetts, Iowa Kentucky.
Louisiana, Missouri, NirgiHia Wisconsin,
and each from Mississippi, Michigan
Alabama and Texas.
Mrs. Langtry Indignantly denies that Lcl
hair is varicgatCd and that she cn0mcls hcr
face. To convince n reporter she knclt un
der the soft light Of sin wax t0pcrs and un.
loOSCd the snOod which imprisoned her
luXuriant chestnut locks. They fell in n
flood over her beautiful neck and bathrG
her plump, warm shoulders with their
waves Of unhr0llcn brown, which ripplcd
down TO her silver piTllr 1hrn sho